Although Naftali Bennett’s change brought him the prime minister’s seat, after the retirement of Idit Silman – he needs to reconsider his political steps. As he sat in the Prime Minister’s Office he began to turn more and more to the center and abandoned his voters on the right. A report by Dafna Liel reveals what Bennett thinks about this move.
According to the report, closed calls Bennett says this mistake needs to be corrected. “There were good achievements but in the result test the strategy did not work.” He added: “The responsibility in the end is on me, now we will have to think how to fix it,” words reminiscent of the speech after the defeat with the new right.
Smutrich: “The man is dangerous to the State of Israel”
His former political partner, MK Bezalel Smutrich, sharply attacked Bennett after the report: “The whole truth about Bennett in one Daphne tweet: zero values, zero good for the state, zero commitment, zero truth. One hundred percent cynical politics for personal advancement.”
“If what will serve him is to establish a Palestinian state, that is what he will do, if what serves him will be to conquer the Euphrates and Tigris, that is what he will do. The man is dangerous to the State of Israel,” Smutrich wrote on Twitter.
The crisis on the right: Kara meets with Bennett
As mentioned, the main party affected by the political crisis is the Prime Minister’s party. Avir Kara met earlier today (Sunday) with Idit Silman, the retiree, and discussed the political issue with her. After the meeting with Silman, Deputy Minister Kara also met with Naftali Bennett. According to reports, Kara’s goal is to reach agreements with Silman on key issues on which she will support the current government.
As you may recall, in a statement issued today (Sunday), Silman clarified that “the decision to end my path in the current coalition is a value one and therefore final,” thus closing the door on her return to the coalition. “I call on my members in the coalition and in the faction to express the position of the majority of the public in Israel and to establish a Zionist and national government in the current Knesset,” the chairman of the retiring coalition added, calling on its members to the right.